Etymology

brassica

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Today it means: Any of many plants of the genus Brassica, including cabbage, mustard and rapes Full definition →

Latin brassica ← Proto-Italic *sekaō ← Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sek-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*sékh₁yeti
  9. Proto-Italic*sekaō
  10. Latinsecō
  11. Latinsecāre
  12. Latinpraesecāre?
  13. Latinbrassica
  14. English todaybrassica

Learned borrowing from Latin brassica.

Words from the same roots

Latinbrassica all →

brassinazolebrassininbrassinolidebrassinosteroidepibrassinolide

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